Dear PBS members and List participants, In February 2013, after 11 years of unwavering dedication to the Pacific Bulb Society, Mary Sue Ittner announced to the Board of Directors that she would be retiring. Mary Sue and a number of others formed the Pacific Bulb Society in 2002 and with forward wisdom and insights set up the PBS structure that we see today. The List was created with the idea that knowledge should be accessible to everyone, and thus membership was not required to be participating member. Mary Sue first hosted the List on her own server and on ibiblio since then. The list now hosts about 600 people and I think many will agree with me that it's one of the best plant forum on the internet. And perhaps most importantly, Mary Sue created the PBS Wiki. The idea of a "wiki" was new back in 2002, yet Mary Sue adopted it readily and throughout the years added contents and photos which makes up the core content of the wiki. The structure that you see today had not deviated drastically from the original wiki. The appearance of Mary Sue's name on most of the wiki pages speaks to her dedication and literally countless hours that she spent improving the wiki. There were major hurdles to keep the wiki running where at one point we almost had to shut it down due to major software changes. But Mary Sue kept her dedication strong and sought help to moved the entire wiki to a new piece of software and we have been using it since. In conjunction with the List, the PBS Wiki has become the best source of information and photos of bulbs anywhere. If you search for a bulb name in Google, the PBS Wiki can be found on the very first page if not the very first hit. This speaks to the tremendous influence that the work which Mary Sue and her helpers have produced for the plant world and for posterity. We have now completed the transition of administrative responsibility. We welcome Eugene Zielinksi who is assisting David Pilling and Diane Whitehead as administrators for the PBS List. David Pilling had taken over the leadership of the wiki and with Mike Mace, myself, and our newest team member Gastil, we continue to add content and maintain the quality of work that Mary Sue produced over the years. Please contact one of us if you have inquires and relieve Mary Sue of her duties so that she can spend time enjoying the sunshine and many wonderful geophytes in her retirement. And although we consider this a retirement, Mary Sue will continue adding to the wiki of the years of backlog photos and information. Please join me in thanking Mary Sue for all that she had done for the PBS over the years. The PBS that you see today would not be the same had it not been for her continual dedication and wisdom. Thank you very very very much, Mary Sue!!! Nhu Nguyen PBS President